GDPR-Compliant PII Redaction
Automatically detect and redact personal data to meet GDPR requirements. Open-source solution with built-in GDPR presets for European data protection compliance.
What is GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union regulation that governs data protection and privacy for individuals within the EU and EEA. It requires organizations to protect personal data and gives individuals control over their personal information.
GDPR defines personal data as any information that can directly or indirectly identify a person, including names, email addresses, IP addresses, and more.
GDPR Preset
OpenRedaction includes a built-in GDPR preset that detects all personal data types covered by GDPR regulations, including names, emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, and more.
Data Residency
Self-host OpenRedaction on your own infrastructure to ensure all processing happens within the EU. No data leaves your environment by default.
Right to Erasure
Automate the redaction of personal data from documents, logs, and databases to support GDPR's "right to be forgotten" requirements.
Compliance Automation
Integrate PII detection into your data processing pipelines to automatically identify and protect personal data before storage or sharing.
GDPR Personal Data Types Detected
Use Cases for GDPR Redaction
Data Export Compliance
Redact personal data from data exports and backups before sharing with third parties or moving data across borders.
Log Management
Remove PII from application logs before sending to log management tools or analytics platforms to ensure GDPR compliance.
Document Sharing
Automatically redact personal data from documents before sharing internally or externally to prevent unauthorized access.
Subject Access Requests
Support GDPR's right to access by identifying and redacting third-party personal data from documents shared with data subjects.
Get Started with GDPR Redaction
OpenRedaction's GDPR preset makes it easy to comply with European data protection regulations. The open-source library is free and can be self-hosted within the EU.
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